sanctions – People's World

Sanctions only create suffering for poor people, so why keep imposing them?

February 16, 2023 By Amiad Horowitz

The blockade of earthquake aid for Syria is another case in point.

U.S. economic sanctions aggravate earthquake response in Syria

February 13, 2023 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The delivery of humanitarian aid is always difficult in situations of natural disaster. But in Syria, years of economic warfare waged by the U.S. makes things even more challenging.

Die Linke lawmaker: Russia sanctions causing ‘social and economic catastrophe’ in Germany

September 12, 2022 By Combined Sources

Former Die Linke co-chair Sahra Wagenknecht said Germany has the “stupidest government in Europe.”

Medvedev: ‘New financial order’ emerges as sanctions fail to affect Russia

April 1, 2022 By Steve Sweeney

Fighting continues in Ukraine despite reports of progress in peace talks earlier in the week.

New ‘Great Game’: Can Venezuela negotiate an end to U.S. deadly sanctions?

March 23, 2022 By Ramzy Baroud

Venezuela, one of the world’s poorest countries partly due to U.S.-Western sanctions is, for once, in the driving seat, capable of alleviating an impending U.S. energy crisis if dialogue with Washington continues to move forward.